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LIVE: Indiana's Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz holds town hall Ukrainian-born American politician and Republican U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 5th District Victoria Spartz hosts a town hall in the Indianapolis suburb of Westfield. Earlier this month, House Speaker Mike Johnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers to avoid public town-hall meetings with voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over President Donald Trump's moves to fire federal workers and defund government programs. #Live #Indiana #VictoriaSpartz #Westfield #townhall #Indianapolis #politics #news #Reuters Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/

Private equity firm Blackstone is weighing whether to join other non-Chinese investors in a bid for TikTok's U.S. operations, in a decision that would provide fresh capital for the deal.

In what's a crazy end to the week, #Musk said his artificial intelligence start up #xAI would buy his social media platform #X (formerly known as #Twitter) in an all-stock deal worth $45 billion including $12 billion of debt. This comes shortly after Musk in February made a $97.4 billion bid with a consortium for Microsoft-backed #OpenAI, which was rejected. Musk says xAI would now be valued at $80 billion. Read running updates from Reuters here: https://lnkd.in/gb7Qh4wP

A U.S. appeals court ruled that Elon Musk and members of DOGE can make further cuts to USAID while they appeal a lower court order that had barred them from doing so https://reut.rs/4iMAPx9

BREAKING: Elon Musk said that his xAI has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction for $45 billion, including debt. https://reut.rs/3DMvwi5

A U.S. federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must halt efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau https://reut.rs/426YTDT

U.S. airlines were flying high less than two months ago thanks to strong travel demand and tight industry-wide capacity. But in the last few weeks, several U.S. airlines have cut their forecast for the number of passengers they’ll carry between April and June. Ramzan Karmali explains why. #Aviation #AirTravel #Travel #Airline #Plane #Reuters #News

LIVE: View of collapsed building in Bangkok after major quake View of a collapsed building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district after a major quake was felt in the city. A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar and several buildings collapsed in Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, witnesses said. Buildings shook as well in the Thai capital about 620 miles to the south, and hundreds of people rushed out in panic. Follow our live coverage here ➡️https://reut.rs/43vpm07 #earthquake #quake #bangkok #thailand #myanmar #chatuchakdistrict #naturaldisaster #live #news #reuters Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/

LIVE: Canada's Mark Carney speaks after first Trump call Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference after speaking on the phone with U.S. President Trump for the first time since winning the leadership of Canada's ruling Liberals earlier this month. Carney said Ottawa would be imposing retaliatory tariffs next week as promised. #Carney #MarkCarney #Canada #Tariffs #Trade #Trump #DonaldTrump #Reuters #News #Live Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/

A U.S. federal judge extended his temporary halt to President Donald Trump's use of a 200-year-old wartime law to expel alleged Venezuelan gang members, dealing a setback to Trump's push to speed up the deportations https://reut.rs/42l6oIq